It was a happy new year for norm-hunters at the Berkeley International (January 2-8). Denys Shmelov, Keaton Kiewra and US Junior Champ Sam Shankland earned GM norms while Roman Yakovsky, Conrad Holt and
Daniel Naroditsky earned IM norms. Organizer Arun Sharma said "That makes three GM norms (Shankland, Denys Shmelov, Keaton Kiewra) along with three IM norms, all of which come with the completion of the IM title (Conrad Holt, Naroditsky and Yankovsky.)" Update: Tatev Abrahamyan also earned a WGM norm. See some key games below: